… there would be many more Eugenies including her namesake, but no one who followed would be able to create, sponsor, wear, and market new innovations like the original Eugenie did.
Some think it was her strong personality and will, some think it was a world with increased exposure to ideas, and some think it was the connections she had to people in positions of power, but there was no one like her again.
The time of French fashion was over.
(Photo: Eugenie in full Court apparel)